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Subject: Re: [9fans] 9p vs http
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> if you mount onto one, you'll see the mounted files
> on the other.
>
> gorka was talking about identifying files from their qid.
> the version number doesn't help in identifying the file -
> someone could have modified the file 35 times between
> stats.

what definition of "file" are you using?  you've rejected the
definition that "file" is identified uniquely by path.  you've
also rejected the definition that file is identified uniquely
by qid.

> anyway, even if the version number is the same, the contents
> may be different.

i claim that a fs with this behavior would be broken.  intro(5)
seems to agree with this claim, unless i'm misreading.

- erik